Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Ubial said they are expecting more smokers who will try to quit their deadly vice because of Executive Order No. 26 which limits the number of places where one is allowed to smoke.

Health Assistant Secretary Eric Tayag, in his Twitter account, said that the DoH has monitored 524 fireworks and firecracker-related injuries as of 6 a.m. yesterday, 40 percent lower compared to 874 cases during the same period last year.